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aug 58 (crystal, S. Quirico)
Details
Ben Nicholson, O.M. (1894-1982)
aug 58 (crystal, S. Quirico)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/aug 58/(crystal, S. Quirico)' (on the reverse)
pencil and oil wash, relief, on the artist's prepared board
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 57 cm.)
aug 58 (crystal, S. Quirico)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/aug 58/(crystal, S. Quirico)' (on the reverse)
pencil and oil wash, relief, on the artist's prepared board
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 57 cm.)
Provenance
with Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona.
with Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basle.
Marietta von Meyenburg, New York, by 1959.
with Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 227, as 'Crystal, St Quirico', where purchased by the present owner.
with Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basle.
Marietta von Meyenburg, New York, by 1959.
with Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 227, as 'Crystal, St Quirico', where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Ben Nicholson, Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1959, pp. 40-41, no. 82, illustrated.
Exhibited
Zürich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Ben Nicholson, January - February 1959, no. 73.
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Ben Nicholson, February - April 1959, no. 82: this exhibition travelled to Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, April - May; Hamburg, Kunstverein, May - July; and Essen, Museum Folkwang, July - August.
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Ben Nicholson, February - April 1959, no. 82: this exhibition travelled to Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, April - May; Hamburg, Kunstverein, May - July; and Essen, Museum Folkwang, July - August.
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